Caltrans worker hit by DUI driver has minor injuries

A Caltrans maintenance crew supervisor walked away with minor injuries after a DUI driver ran through a road closure near Fortuna and hit him with her car's side mirror, according to authorities.

Crew Supervisor Robert Chase was standing next to his truck on the right shoulder of the U.S. Highway 101 northbound onramp from Singley Road around 9 a.m. Thursday when Eureka resident Sasha Peters, 27, hit the truck with her Honda Civic, according to a California Highway Patrol release.

The CHP said Peters didn't stop at a road closure, and drove through a barricade before striking Chase with her car's passenger-side mirror. Both Chase and Peters received minor injuries.

Officers determined Peters was under the influence of drugs, and she was booked into the Humboldt County jail on suspicion of misdemeanor DUI charges, according to the CHP. The CHP Humboldt Area office is investigating the incident.